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Teach Me Piano ™ Deluxe Intera ctive piano-tea ching system You will need the Pro d u ct I D n u mber from the sticker on yo u r C D sleeve when you install the software. Please keep this number in a safe place and copy it to the line below so you will have it for future referenc e .
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe i Notices Tea c h Me P i ano De l u x e - U s e r s Gu i de; Ve r s i on 2.0 Februry 200 7 So f t w a r e and do c umen t a t i on Cop y r i ght © 1996 - 200 7 Vo y e t r a Tu r t l e Beach, I nc. Al l right s res erved.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 1 Introduction We l c o m e ! Thank you for purchasing Teach M e Piano Deluxe! This program is one of V oyetra’s “Teach Me” music software series designed to bring educational and entertaining music products to m ultimedia compu ter users.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 2 Progress Report shows you how you’ re doing … Several st udents c an maint ain their own progress report s as they learn to pl ay, so every mem ber of your fam ily c an start at a diff erent level and progres s at their own pace.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 3 Music Ga mes test y our mus ic skills … Reinforce what you’ve l earned by playing thes e fun arcade-st yle games : 9 Music Qu iz ™ tests yo ur knowledge of general m usic topics . 9 Note Bla ster™ tests y our music reading skills.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 4 Helpful Tips… Online help is always available… Just click the question mark (?) on the bottom of any lesson screen, or the Help key on the M aster Lesson screen.. Keyboard Lessons wil l keep track of many students.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 5 Getting Started Please registe r your software with us! A s a re g is t ered u s er, you m a y be en t i t led t o special d isco u n t s on o u r o t her pro d.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 6 2. When the Piano Room screen appears, choose “Piano Lessons” , then “Lessons”. Setting-Up Y our MIDI Keyboard A MID I synthesizer or MIDI keyboard is required to fully-utilize the Keyboard Lessons, Song book and Recording Station.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 7 Piano Room Screen The Piano Room is the opening screen where you can access each section of the prog ram. Keyboard Shortcut Keys The following keyboard shortcu t keys can be used in the lessons: Spacebar Stops/ Plays media elements as an al ternative t o cli cki ng on the Clapboard ( slate).
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 8 Keyboard Lessons To load Keyboard Lessons, click the “ Piano Lessons” menu it em on the Piano Room main menu screen, then “Lessons” on the following screen.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 9 P reparing to Play One of the most im portant factors in playing piano is how you sit at the keyboard. You shou ld not have to strain t o read the music. Sit on a comfortable chair and place you r hands on the piano keyboard.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 10 Keyboard Lessons’ Conten ts Screen The contents of the Keyboard Lessons are displayed in the full view of the Keyboard Lessons Training Handbook, as shown belo w. Th e les sons are divide d into s ix main sections, each divided into chapters with individu al lessons.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 11 Keyboard Lessons Screens The screens in Keyboard Lessons are summarized in the table below. Pictures of the screens and a d etailed explanation of each one is presented in the following sections. Contents Scr een The main screen in t he lessons s ection of Teach Me Pi ano Deluxe.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 12 Video Screen The Video Screen contains vid eo examples and tut orials to help guid e you through t he lessons. So that you’ll have time to “digest” what you have learned, the Lessons do not ad vance automatically.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 13 discouraged . If you find you are having a problem, try slowing down the tempo. A s you improve, increase the tempo (see Lesson Tempo in the Performance Opt ions dialog box). Practicing Pi tch — Getting the Notes Right The more you practice playing pitches, the better your note-read ing skills will become.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 14 Click Do It when you ar e re ady to perform the son g Click See It to hear the piece peformed for you Click T rainer to return to Keyboard Lessons Click the Me.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 15 Evaluatio n Screen The Evaluation screen is only displayed after training with Rhyt hm & Pitch. This screen shows how well you d id when practicing. It breaks d own the evaluation into specific areas to help you improve your playing .
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 16 Selecting a Range Sometimes, a section of a piece may be difficult to m aster. The Range button lets you practice that section as many times as you’d like. When you are practicing a section from the Evaluation Screen, you cannot chang e the Range.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 17 Chapter Review Screen At the end of each chapter, the Chapter Review screen d isplays a Progress Report on how you’ve done so far.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 18 Changin g the Set up in t he Keyboard Lesson s During prog ram installation, you were prompt ed to set up you r MIDI configurations. Therefore, it is unlikely that you will need to open the Setup dialog box while going throug h the Lessons.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 19 Songbook To load the Songbook, click the Songbook menu it em on the Piano Room main screen music, or from the Keyboard Lessons’ Contents Screen. The Songbook includes m ore than 75 songs — classics, folk tunes, holiday and patriotic songs, and more.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 20 Importin g a MIDI Song in to th e Song Book The songs you can perform are not lim ited to those which cam e with Teach Me Piano Deluxe. I f you have songs in MIDI format, you can ad d them to the Song book and then print them out, complete with not e names.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 21 T rack-split Option Many times, a M IDI file is record ed onto a single t rack. This makes it difficult to display as piano notation. I f you wish to see a single track notated in the gr and staff, use the Split a Track option.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 22 P rinting a Song Any song in the Songbook can be print ed—even MI DI files you have imported into the Songbook. To print a song: 1. Double-click on the song’s name to d isplay the Performance Screen. 2. Click the printer icon at the bot tom of the screen to display a st andard Windows Print dialog box.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 23 Musician’s Reference To load the Musician’s Reference, click the m enu item in the Piano Room screen. The main sections are: • The Staff • Pitches and .
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 24 Keyboard Tour To load the Keyboard Tour , click “Music Reference” on the m enu item in the Piano Room screen, then click “History of Keyboards”. From t he History of Keyboards Master Screen, click on any instru ment type to beg in the tour.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 25 Understanding MIDI and Synthesis To load the Underst anding MI DI and Synthesis R eference, click the “Music R eference” menu item in the Piano Room screen, then “Underst anding MI DI and Synthesis”.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 26 Recording Station To run Recording Station, click the Recording Station menu item in the Piano Room screen. MIDI Control MIDI Control Tempo Pitc h Transport Co.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 27 Using Jammin’ Keys to create background tracks With Jammin Keys (explained in the next section) you can q uickly build backg round tracks for composing your own songs in different st yles.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 28 4. Click on the Record bu tton in the transport cont rol area. Before the recording begi ns, a metronome sound will give you a four beat cou nt-in in the meter and tempo you’ve chosen. The red ind icator on the Record button lights up to show you that you are record ing.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 29 Saving and Loading Recording Sessions To start a new recording session click on the New button. To save a song Click on the Save button and choose a file format. The choices are: • .ORC – Orchestrator format: This is the best choice.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 30 MIDI T rack Controls Volume Adjust s the volume of t he instrument on t he trac k. Pan Posit ions t he inst rument s ound to the lef t or right i n the st ereo image. To turn t he knob, plac e your mouse point er on the k nob and hold the left but ton down as you drag i n a cir cular mot ion.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 31 T ransport Controls and Displays File Na me Display The firs t line of the di splay shows you the f ile name of t he current recor ding ses sion. If y ou have not yet s aved the sess ion on your hard driv e, the indi cator reads [ UNTITLED].
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 32 T empo and Key Signature Controls Tempo Indicat or The Tempo Indicator tells how fast the MIDI file is play ing, in beats- per-s econd. To dec rease or incr ease the tempo, c lick the left- faci ng and right- facing tri angular buttons.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 33 Recording Station Exercis es Exercise 1: Load, play, and modify a Blues song 1. On the middle rig ht side of Recording Station, click on the fold er icon. In the Open window, find the folder window on the right and double-click on “d emos”.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 34 11. Click the Record bu tton in the transport cont rols and sing along with t he song into your pre-config ured microphone . Once it’s over, press the St op button. 12. When you press the Play button, you should now hear your vocal ( if not, your microphone is not set up properly.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 35 Jammin’ Keys To run Jammin’ Keys, click on the Jam min’ Keys menu item in t he Piano Room main screen. Sele ct Select style Use the to arran ge chords an.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 36 To start a jam sessio n: 1. Click on the Start/St op button (it looks like a t raffic light). 2. Use your mouse to play any of the keys on the keyboard. There! Now you’re jammin’ . To stop the jam session, click on the Start /Stop butt on again.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 37 To turn on Auto Jam: 1. Click on the button t hat has a little red au tomobile on it. The blue lig ht turns on to tell you that Aut o Jam is active. 2. Click again to turn Auto Jam off. The Improvising Zone The keys on the right play when you click on them with the mou se, just like a normal piano keyboard.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 38 Changing Instr ument Sounds Selecting a Lead Instrument The lead instrument is the one you play with the keyboard . Click on one of the 10 buttons in t he Instruments sect ion — near the upper left of the screen.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 39 Styles and V ariation s Jammin’ Keys has many di fferent musical backgrou nd styles to choose from. Each st yle has four arrangement s, and a set of fills, breaks, and intro/end passages.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 40 To start or end a jam session with the Intro/End button: 1. Turn off any music that’s cu rrently playing. Click on the bu ttons to choose an Accompanim ent style and variation, and a lead instrume nt. 2. Click on the Intro/ End butt on (it looks like a few notes) to st art a new jam session.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 41 T ransport Display The transport display lets you see at a glance which record ed jam session you are playing and indicates with moving lights when the music is playing. Use the recorder to save your jam sessions and retrieve them for playback.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 42 To save a recorded jam session: 1. Press the Save button in the Transport controls. The Save As dialog box opens. 2. Type the desired name in t he File Name box and choose the appropriate d irectory for the file.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 43 Jammin ’ Keys Exercises Exercise 1: Play a rock jam 1. Select Rock from the twelve Accompaniment buttons on the mid dle left portion of Jammin’ Keys. 2. To start the jam, click on the stoplig ht button above the keyboard along the bottom .
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 44 9. Minimize Jammin’ Keys by clicking on the minus sig n at the very top right. 10. From the Piano Room menu , launch Recording St ation. In Recording Station, click on the folder icon on the right. In the fold er window on the right of the O pen window, double-click “ demos”, then “ w_audio” .
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 45 Music Games Music Games is an arcade-style program that offers a fun way to test your musical knowled ge and musical skills. Three games let you test notation skills, rhythm skills and musical knowled ge. To run each game, click on the gam e box in the arcade screen.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 46 Sound Check To run Sound C heck, click on the Sound Check menu item in the Piano Room main screen. Sound Check provid es an easy way to test and troubleshoot the d igital aud io and MI DI features of you r computer.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 47 T roubleshooting MIDI problems Sound check provides the following tests for checking your PC’s M IDI functions: MIDI Input Test This test lets you see if the MID I data from your keyboard is being properly routed to you r PC.
www.voyetra.com Teach Me Piano Deluxe 48 T roubleshooting Digital Audio Problems Some of the basic problems that occu r with PC sound fu nctions can easily be remedied by checking the Windows mixer, which lets you control the volu me of the different com ponents on your PC’s sou nd system.
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